Low-energy Electro-weak Reactions

Abstract

Chiral effective field theory (EFT) provides a systematic and controlled approach to low-energy nuclear physics. Here, we use chiral EFT to calculate low-energy weak Gamow-Teller transitions. We put special emphasis on the role of two-body (2b) weak currents within the nucleus, and discuss their applications in predicting physical observables.

7 pages, Proceedings of Horizons of Innovative Theories, Experiments, and Supercomputing in Nuclear Physics (HITES 2012)

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• Energy density functional study of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless $\beta \beta$ decay
• Tests of the standard electroweak model in beta decay
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• Three-Nucleon Low-Energy Constants from the Consistency of Interactions and Currents in Chiral Effective Field Theory
• Chiral two-body currents in nuclei: Gamow-Teller transitions and neutrinoless double-beta decay
• Chiral effective field theory predictions for muon capture on deuteron and 3He
• Electroweak Radiative Corrections to Muon Capture